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Can't play an artist's discography on the desktop app

Plan Premium Device PC / Android My Question or Issue This happened a few days ago. Normally when i clicked an Artist > Discography > Show All > And play a song, the next song was from the next album of the artist. Now, the next song is a random one ...

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Issue : no volume control in spotify when exclusive mode is activated

Premium member, France, Windows 10 64 bits updated, Focusrite Audio solo usb external soundcard updated, Desktop app updated I talk with the customer service, we try to solve my problem and they told me that it should be an issue that I have to talk ...

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MIKAAAAEL

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Black Screen (June 15 2026 install)

PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDesktop PC IntelOperating SystemWindows 11 My Question or IssueFollowed clean re-install instructions after getting black screen at startup. Installed the latest June 15 version from the Windows Store. Ran once without p...

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Windows Troubleshooting Guide

Having trouble with the Spotify desktop app? Here’s a step-by-step guide of general troubleshooting steps known to resolve a multitude of issues. Basic troubleshooting Restart the Spotify app as well as your PC. Make sure both the app and Windows are...

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Quality of Sound

Spotify UsernamerickywsPlanFree/PremiumCountry ScotlandDeviceDell XPS 17Operating SystemWindows 7 Ultimate My Question or Issue HiI have used Spotify Premium for a while. I mostly use it at work using the the web player, and using this I have no soun...

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  Spotify Username rickyws Plan Free/Premium Country  Scotland Device Dell XPS 17 Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate   My Question or Issue   Hi I have used Spotif...

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Difference between Normalize and Set the same volume level?

Hello, I just noticed today on Spotify for Windows that there are two very similar options in Settings. In the Music quality section, there is a "Normalize volume - Set the same volume level for all tracks" option. And in the Playback section (which ...

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Hello,   I just noticed today on Spotify for Windows that there are two very similar options in Settings. In the Music quality section, there is a "Normalize volume - Set the same volume level...

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Spotify Swithcing to C\Users\'username'\appdata Folder

My Question or IssueHello,My IT department no longer allows Spotify on our Windows 10 PC's because the app is saved in the C\Users\'username'\appdata Folder, instead of C:\Program Files. I was told Malware attacks frequently come from the C\Users\'us...

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My Question or Issue Hello, My IT department no longer allows Spotify on our Windows 10 PC's because the app is saved in the C\Users\'username'\appdata Folder, instead of C:\Program Files.&nbs...

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Audio Glitches During Playback

Playback constantly glitches or 'micro-cuts'... I use a Scarlett2i2 USB Sound device. I've tried with WinAmp or Youtube but glitches are only in the Windows 10 Spotify App. CPU/Memory usage seems to be normal, but when other apps take resources the i...

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Playback constantly glitches or 'micro-cuts'...  I use a Scarlett2i2 USB Sound device. I've tried with WinAmp or Youtube but glitches are only in the Windows 10 Spotify App.  CPU/Mem...

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Spotify keeps syncing deleted scrobble to Last.fm.

Spotify Usernamej0hnd03lllqqo My Question or IssueI deleted a scrobble from my Last.fm account but whenever i play a new track in the Spotify desktop app on Windows, i synced the deleted track to Last.fm again. How do i delete the scrobble permenantl...

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Spotify Username j0hnd03lllqqo     My Question or Issue I deleted a scrobble from my Last.fm account but whenever i play a new track in the Spotify desktop app on Windows, i synced the...

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Spotify ULTRA zoom Windows 10

how I return it to normal??????? helppp

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how I return it to normal??????? helppp

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Song Not Available

Spotify UsernameossofficialPlanPremium/Family Country Canada DeviceDesktop / PCOperating SystemWindows 10 My Question or Issue Majority of music on desktop version of spotify say "This song is not available" and i cannot listen to them, although if i...

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Spotify Username ossofficial Plan Premium/Family  Country  Canada   Device Desktop / PC Operating System Windows 10   My Question or Issue  Majority of music on ...

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Solved!! Last.fm scrobbling not saving.

For the past few days, my last.fm has not been logging my listening. When I'm listening to a song, it shows as playing but when the song changes last.fm just shows the new track as 'Scrobbling now' without saving the previous. I've logged out and in ...

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For the past few days, my last.fm has not been logging my listening. When I'm listening to a song, it shows as playing but when the song changes last.fm just shows the new track as 'Scrobbling now' w...

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Not playing songs I typed in my playlist

Okay I have Maroon5 in my playlist but when I type it up it in my phone it won't play the song it will play the song at the beginning of my playlist ..... I've been a user for 3 years and this never happened before

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 Okay I have Maroon5 in my playlist but when I  type it up it in my phone it won't play the song it will play the song at the beginning of my playlist ..... I've been a user for 3 years and...

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Superuser Contribution Latest release breaks proxy support + minimize keyboard shortcut

I was just upgraded to 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc today. Since the upgrade, I'm now unable to connect to Spotify from my work PC which is behind a proxy that requires authentication. I've previously connected by specifying the proxy server host name on its...

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I was just upgraded to 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc today. Since the upgrade, I'm now unable to connect to Spotify from my work PC which is behind a proxy that requires authentication.   I've&nbs...

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Open Spotify links in APP not in web player

For some reason all links i get sent to me open in the webplayer, i know they used to open in the app before. How can i get this behaviour back? I have no interest in using a browser to listen ever, i want playlists and tracks that is shared to me to...

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For some reason all links i get sent to me open in the webplayer, i know they used to open in the app before.    How can i get this behaviour back?   I have no interest in using a ...

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Solved!! Playlist that are "secret"

Hi,I don´t now why, suddenly all my play lists was Public! I allways set the status "make secret" to new lists. Is this because of an update or something?And also, one of my friend searched on my full name instead and to my suprise he can find me (od...

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Hi, I don´t now why, suddenly all my play lists was Public! I allways set the status "make secret" to new lists. Is this because of an update or something? And also, one of my friend searched on my...

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Everytime I launch Spotify it resets to the same state

Everytime I launch Spotify it resets to the same state. At first, every single time I launched it it went to a certain spot in a certain song with also the queue being the same eveytime. Recently Spotify resets to a state where no song is selected an...

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 Everytime I launch Spotify it resets to the same state. At first, every single time I launched it it went to a certain spot in a certain song with also the queue being the same eveytime. Recent...

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[Bug] Spotify Windows 10 store app unpins itself from taskbar

Hi, I've noticed that every time I turn on my computer or sometimes when I wake up the computer, the Spotify icon disappears from the taskbar even though I had it pinned.Steps to reproduce:- Install Spotify from Windows 10 store- Open Spotify- Right-...

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Hi, I've noticed that every time I turn on my computer or sometimes when I wake up the computer, the Spotify icon disappears from the taskbar even though I had it pinned. Steps to reproduce: - In...

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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Hola!

No recuerdo mi contraseña,y lo envio a spotify para ke me la envien a mi correo electronico,pero no me llega nada,me dice que accedo a traves de facebook,pero ni con mi nombre de usuario ni con la direccion de correo condigo entrar,como hago para ke ...

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No recuerdo mi contraseña,y lo envio a spotify para ke me la envien a mi correo electronico,pero no me llega nada,me dice que accedo a traves de facebook,pero ni con mi nombre de usuario ni con la di...

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Can't View The Friend Feed

I have an imac and I can't see the friend feed. How do I view it?

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I have an imac and I can't see the friend feed. How do I view it?

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Import iTunes Playlists

I'm using the latest version of Spotify Desktop, downloaded from Microsoft store, and I can't see the option to import my Playlists to Spotify. This feature exists in MAC Version but not anymore in Windows ones? Someone could me help on that?

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I'm using the latest version of Spotify Desktop, downloaded from Microsoft store, and I can't see the option to import my Playlists to Spotify.   This feature exists in MAC Version but not any...

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Pulando músicas sozinho

Olá, eu mudei minhas músicas do pc para meu hd externo que fica conectado ao meu pc, desde então o spotify **bleep** qualquer música que está nesse hd, eu já mudei nas preferências do spotify e mesmo assim não adiantou. Gostaria de uma ajuda.

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Olá, eu mudei minhas músicas do pc para meu hd externo que fica conectado ao meu pc, desde então o spotify **bleep** qualquer música que está nesse hd, eu já mudei nas preferências do spotify e mesmo...

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Unable to Login

I created an account with Spotify around a year and a half ago with the user mycrazycupcakes and after the new update Spotify has come out with all users must re-login. Yet, since I created this account so long ago I had forgotten what my password wa...

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I created an account with Spotify around a year and a half ago with the user mycrazycupcakes and after the new update Spotify has come out with all users must re-login. Yet, since I cr...

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